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        "msgid": "bali-transport-agency-confirms-smooth-ferry-crossing-traffic-during-lunar-new-year-holiday-1771424780",
        "date": "2026-02-17 20:01:34",
        "title": "Bali Transport Agency confirms smooth ferry crossing traffic during Lunar New Year holiday",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "The Bali Provincial Transport Agency reported no significant congestion at Gilimanuk Port during the 2026 Lunar New Year holiday period, with vehicle volumes remaining close to daily averages. Average inbound vehicles from 1-15 February stood at 5,557 units per day, with the peak on 15 February reaching only 6,788 units. Officials anticipate that congestion will likely occur in March, when the Eid al-Fitr and Nyepi holidays fall just one month after Imlek.",
        "content": "<p>Denpasar (ANTARA) \u2014 The Bali Provincial Transport Agency (Dishub) has\nconfirmed that traffic on the ferry crossing route at Gilimanuk Port\nflowed smoothly without congestion throughout the extended 2026 Lunar\nNew Year (Imlek) holiday period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far there has been no congestion at the Gilimanuk Port entrance.\nCongestion at the ferry crossing entrance usually occurs during the Eid\nal-Fitr homecoming season,\u201d said the Head of Bali Provincial Transport\nAgency, I Kadek Mudarta, in Denpasar on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the smooth conditions were reflected in the volume\nof vehicles entering and leaving Bali in the lead-up to the Imlek peak\non Sunday (15 February), which did not differ significantly from daily\naverages.<\/p>\n<p>The average number of vehicles entering Bali during the period of\n1-15 February 2026 was 5,557 units, comprising 1,544 two-wheeled\nvehicles and 4,013 four-wheeled vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the volume of vehicles entering on the peak Imlek arrival\ndate of 15 February was 6,788 units \u2014 not markedly different from the\naverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on data from the Gilimanuk Coordination Post and traffic\ncounting conducted by BPTD Class II Bali, there was generally no\nsignificant surge in vehicles entering Bali during the Imlek holiday,\u201d\nsaid the Bali Transport Agency chief.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed confidence that congestion on the Gilimanuk Port route\nwould only materialise in March, given that this year\u2019s Imlek falls just\none month before the extended Eid al-Fitr and Nyepi holidays.<\/p>\n<p>A similarly subdued pattern was observed for vehicles departing Bali\nvia Gilimanuk Port, where the average number of outbound vehicles from\n1-15 February 2026 stood at 5,471 units, comprising 1,561 two-wheeled\nvehicles and 3,910 four-wheeled vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest number of vehicles leaving Bali through Gilimanuk Port\noccurred on 14 February with 6,549 units, and the lowest was on 2\nFebruary with 4,930 units,\u201d Mudarta said.<\/p>\n<p>The Bali Transport Agency confirmed that its personnel would continue\nto monitor potential congestion points throughout the 2026 Lunar New\nYear period and the return traffic flow.<\/p>\n<p>Attention was not limited to the ferry crossing; overland routes \u2014\nparticularly road segments leading to tourist attraction areas \u2014 were\nalso being monitored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUp to now, the junctions monitored by the Bali Transport Agency,\nsuch as along the Ngurah Rai Bypass, have also been relatively quieter\ncompared to the previous two days, while tourist sites are handled by\nthe respective district and municipal transport agencies,\u201d Mudarta\nsaid.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bali-transport-agency-confirms-smooth-ferry-crossing-traffic-during-lunar-new-year-holiday-1771424780",
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